The Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas Links The Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas Our group is dedicated to performing the joint works of Sir W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911), playwright and humorist, and Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), unofficial composer laureate of England and favorite of Queen Victoria. Together they wrote a series of fourteen comic operettas (including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance , and The Mikado ) which were wildly popular in their own time and are still widely performed by amateur and professional groups today, over a hundred years after their creation. These operettas were the forerunners of our modern musicals, and in many ways resemble them more than they do the grand operas. Their songs and choruses -- mostly light and comic in nature -- are interspersed with spoken dialogue rather than recitative. In fact, few if any of the performers in Gilbert and Sullivan's original productions were professional opera singers; some of the chorus members were even outright amateurs. Though over a century old, the works of Gilbert and Sullivan are as fresh and sparkling today as the day they were written.

Gilbert may have chosen specific aspects of Victorian society for his satire, but his wit is as relevant now as it ever was: "I always voted at my party's call / And I never thought of thinking for myself at all," sings Sir Joseph Porter in Pinafore , but the lines could as easily belong to most modern politicians. Gilbert and Sullivan songs continue to turn up in places as diverse as episodes of "The Muppet Show" (Tit-Willow), "Animaniacs" (Three Little Maids from School, as well as much of The Pirates of Penzance), "The Simpsons" (selections from The Mikado and H.M.S. Pinafore ) and "Rumpole of the Bailey" (The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring, among others). As recently as 1982, Joseph Papp mounted a successful production of The Pirates of Penzance on Broadway, with Linda Ronstadt and Kevin Kline in two of the leading roles. We are always on the lookout for new members. So come audition for us (near the beginning of each term), or join our orchestra or tech crew!

If you have any questions about our group, or anything remotely relevant to it, please don't hesitate to contact us using this form . Thespis The Gods on Mount Olympus are old and tired, so decide to take a vacation to earth while a group of traveling actors take their place. (Most of the music for this opera has been lost, so it is played today only in reconstructions using either other Sullivan music, or original music.) (Summary taken from the Gilbert and Sullivan archive .) Opened 26 December 1871, Gaiety Theatre Produced by MITG&SP Spring 2004 (left). Trial by Jury A woman sues her would-be husband for Breach of Promise of Marriage. (Gilbert and Sullivan's only one-act operetta.) Opened 25 March 1875, Royalty Theatre Produced by MITG&SP IAP 1998 (right). At last, one morning, I became another's love-sick boy! The Sorcerer A young couple about to be married decide to share their happiness with the whole village by hiring a sorcerer to make a love potion to make everyone fall in love. Naturally, this backfires...

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Edit Storyline Following the murder of Haley by George Foyet and Foyet's subsequent death at Hotch's hands, Hotch needs to take some time to regroup and review both his professional and personal life, especially in how to deal with raising Jack on his own. Strauss provides him with an option. In the meantime, the team, without Hotch, is called to a case in Nashville, Tennessee. Two young brunette women, both high powered executives, have so far been killed in their own homes, the floor around them covered in rose petals. Evidence indicates that the women were being stalked, and that the unsub is hyper-vigilant in his control of the murders, with both being almost identical down to what the women ate prior to death. It seems as if the unsub is romancing the women against their will. It isn't until they discover an anomaly to the routine of one of the victims and look at the unsub profile is a slightly different manner that the team begins to piece together who the unsub is and who he might target ... Written by Huggo 9 December 2009 (USA) See more » Company Credits Did You Know?

Trivia "The Slave of Duty" is the subtitle of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance." Hotch has previously revealed that he and Haley met during a student performance of this operetta; he tells Haley that he joined the pirate chorus in order to meet her. See more » Goofs While Belle Meade is within Davidson County and, therefore under the jurisdiction of the NMPD, Brentwood is located in neighboring Williamson County. Nashville Metro PD would not conduct an investigation in Williamson County. See more » Quotes Emily Prentiss : [Prentiss has the unsub by the throat] Fantasy's over. Is that what you did to them? You hit them to shut them up? Then forced them to play along with your sick delusion. Joe Belser : I loved them. Emily Prentiss : [scoffs] You're finally gonna meet your soul mate Joe... in prison. Only you're not going to be able to push him around the way you did those women. And when he comes for you, in the middle of the night, when you're least expecting it you do me a favor... play along.

Performed by: Lucinda Williams Played when the unsub is with his 3rd victim Erika Silverman, as according to him, this is her most played song on her iPod, so it must be her favorite one One of the show's most emotional 14 September 2016 | by TheLittleSongbird (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews When it was good or at its best, 'Criminal Minds' is one of my favourites, and although it is frustrating that it became hit and miss from Season 6 onwards with a particularly underwhelming Season 11 its strengths are enough for me to not give up on the show. "Slave of Duty" is not 'Criminal Minds' at its finest, and a small step down from the previous episode "100", which was a shocking, tense and emotionally devastating episode and one of Season 5's highlights. At the same time, it is not even close to being among the show's worst, like "200", "The Black Queen" and the worst of Season 11. Instead it is one of the very good episodes, if just falling short on being great.

The emotional impact is what is particularly striking about "Slave of Duty", with it being one of Season 5's and the entire show's most touching and emotional episodes. The beginning is one of the show's most touching scenes, while the scenes with Jack (portrayed beautifully by a very cute, but never cloyingly cutesy, Cade Owens) are heart-melting and heart-breaking. Love also the scenes between Hotch and Rossi, which show Rossi's wisdom, and the ones between Morgan and Rossi, showing a sympathetic side to Morgan, and the close and supportive bond within the team. Regarding the case/mystery itself, it's not particularly original or inventive but it's never dull, and doesn't play second fiddle to the emotional content and never losing sight of what makes the show so great. And it has tension and suspense with a shocking twist and a standout scene with the foreboding line "Why do you have a key" delivered with such deranged anger and intensity. The unsub is not one of the show's most interesting or immediately memorable, but has enough personality and menace to be a proper threat and the scenes with him and Erika are intensely done. Rena Sofer and Wes Brown do great jobs individually and together.

The episode is as ever stylishly made, hauntingly scored with beautiful use of music at the beginning, sympathetically directed and tautly scripted, shining especially in scenes where the team are bonding and in the scenes with the unsub and Erika. The acting is very good, especially Thomas Gibson, Joe Mantegna and Shemar Moore of the regular team. For all these many great things, there are shortcomings. Strauss continues to be as cold, underdeveloped and manipulative as ever, and one really doesn't buy her abruptly backing Hotch when she spent all her screen time in previous episodes wanting him out for reasons never made clear. The scene with Jessica also seemed a bit glossed over, while it could have been open to interpretation and Jessica may have been unsure what to make of how she felt it could have been a little ambiguous as to whether she was completely on Hotch's side or blamed or resented him. Overall, solid episode and a very emotional one. 8/10 Bethany Cox 0 of 0 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes Ages Ago - "Times" Review 1881 Thespis; or, The Gods Grown Old: Gaiety Theatre, 26 December 1871, 63 performances. Trial By Jury: Royalty Theatre, 25 March 1875, 131 performances. The Sorcerer: Opera Comique, 17 November 1877, 175 performances. H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor: Opera Comique, 25 May 1878, 571 performances. The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty: Royal Bijou Theatre, Paignton, 31 December 1879; Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, 31 December 1879; Opera Comique, 3 April 1880, 363 performances. Patience; or Bunthorne's Bride: Opera Comique, 23 April 1881, Transferred to Savoy Theatre 10 October 1881, 578 performances.

Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri: Savoy Theatre, 25 November 1882, 398 performances. Princess Ida; or, Castle Adamant: Savoy Theatre, 5 January 1884, 246 performances. The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu: Savoy Theatre, 14 March 1885, 672 performances. Ruddigore; or, The Witch's Curse: Savoy Theatre, 22 January 1887, 288 performances. The Yeomen of the Guard; or, The Merryman and His Maid: Savoy Theatre, 3 October 1888, 423 performances. The Gondoliers; or, The King of Barataria: Savoy Theatre, 7 December 1889, 554 performances. Utopia, Limited; or, The Flowers of Progress: Savoy Theatre, 7 October 1893, 245 performances.

The Grand Duke; or, The Statutory Duel: SavoyTheatre, 7 March 1896, 123 performances. The Pirates of Penzance (Theatre) - TV Tropes The Pirates of Penzance You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share Theatre / The Pirates of Penzance × Timeline The Pirates of Penzance, or: The Slave of Duty is a famous and much-parodied (and itself redolent with parodies and lampshade-hanging) operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan , and one of the most famous works of 19th century English drama. The eponymous slave to duty is Frederic, who was accidentally apprenticed to a pirate ship when he was a boy, and felt honour-bound to be the best pirate he could be — but now he has come of age, and his period of apprenticeship is over, he feels honour-bound to round up a posse and wipe the pirates from the face of the earth. Due to a quibble, it turns out his apprenticeship hasn't quite run out after all. Hilarity Ensues . Penzance was a prominent seaside resort town in Cornwall .

Thus, the title sounds like "The Pirates of Malibu" would today. One of the most widely-recognised bits of the operetta is the Patter Song "I am the very model of a Modern Major General ", sung by the father of the obligatory love interest. Two very different film versions were made in The '80s — The Pirate Movie (1982) has a modern day teen heroine dreaming herself into the story as Mabel (Frederic's love interest); with light pop songs and pop culture parodies alongside the Gilbert and Sullivan material, it could be described as Pirates of Penzance meets Grease meets Airplane!. A more straightforward adaptation using the original title was released the following year, and starred Kevin Kline as the Pirate King and Linda Ronstadt as Mabel. This work provides examples of: Abduction Is Love : When the pirates capture Major-General Stanley's daughters, their first thought is "to be married with impunity." Action Girl : Ruth. Affectionate Parody : The entire play.

Down to the music; "Poor Wand'ring One" is a parody of "Sempre libera" from Giuseppe Verdi 's La Traviata and "Come, Friends Who Plough The Sea" is a parody of the "Anvil Chorus" from Verdi's Il Trovatore . All There in the Script : The Pirate King's lieutenant is Samuel, and is referred to as such in the script, but his name is never spoken. The same goes for Mabel's three sisters with lines, Kate, Edith and Isabel. In the first American production, which debuted at an earlier date than the British one for copy-right reasons, the Pirate King and the Sergeant of Police have their names listed in the dramatis personae as Richard and Edward, respectively. This never comes up anywhere else. Affably Evil : The pirates are technically, well, pirates, but they're so endearingly dimwitted (and completely rubbish at their attempts at piracy) that you can't help but like them. Ambiguously Gay : Perhaps he's just posh, but the Major-General seems to often be played this way. Antiquated Linguistics : Wouldn't be a G&S play without it.

The most extreme is probably "sat a gee" which relies on knowing that a "gee-gee" is a horse. Made worse by the fact that even at the time the phrase was a grammatical disaster. Badass Baritone : The part of the Pirate King is written for a bass-baritone voice. The Chief of Police is written for an even deeper bass, but he's not as badass as he thinks. Blatant Lies : Major-General Stanley claims to be an orphan, but he's not. While he initially justifies his lie by saying it's "an innocent fiction / which is not in the same category / as telling a regular terrible story," he feels remorse about it later on. Blue Blood : As it turns out, the pirates are (nearly) all Peers who have gone wrong. Boisterous Bruiser : Traditionally, the only way to portray the Pirate King... though in recent years ' Jack Sparrow ' has been gaining popularity for some reason . Breaking the Fourth Wall : If it doesn't have it at some point, it's not true Pirates. Sorry.

There is even a notable sword fight with the conductor, which has occurred in several versions, and originated as a spur-of-the-moment outburst in the original production. Close to Home : The pirates have a soft spot for orphans, so anyone who claims to be an orphan will be spared . This leads Frederic to observe "The last three ships we took proved to be manned entirely by orphans, and so we had to let them go. One would think that Great Britainï¿½s mercantile navy was recruited solely from her orphan asylums ï¿½ which we know is not the case. " Conveniently an Orphan : It's amazing how often the Pirates run into people who claim this applies to them... Counterpoint Duet : "How Beautifully Blue the Sky" and "When the Foeman Bares His Steel / Go Ye Heroes." Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangster : And it is, it is, a glorious thing, to be a Pirate King! Deus ex Machina : The pirates finally surrender when asked to do so "in the name of the Queen". A deliberate parody of Victorianism. The Major-General. The orphan gag. The Paradox.

Dramatic Gun Cock : "I do not think I ought to listen to you..." Drink Order : Apparently for reasons of scansion, these pirates prefer sherry to the more obvious rum. Either/Or Title Evil Sounds Deep : Played with. Although the Pirate King and Samuel are in the traditionally villainous lower registers, the pirate chorus in the first act covers the full range — and when the male ensemble divides into pirates and policemen for the second act, it's the pirates who get all the high vocal parts and the policemen (led by a Sergeant with an even deeper voice than the Pirate King) who get the low vocal parts. Evolving Music : For the 1908 revival, Gilbert had the pirates being charged to yield "in good King Edward's name." Later productions have not followed suit, as Victorian pirates are just funnier . Exact Words : Frederic's indentures specify that he is bound to his apprenticeship until his 21st birthday. This is a problem, since he was born on Leap Day . Failed a Spot Check : General Stanley fails to notice the group of about two dozen pirates and policemen hiding (poorly) in his garden. On top of that, the pirates fail to notice the policemen.

This despite all of them serving as chorus to General Stanley's song. The Pirates themselves make a point of two things: 1. Never to attack a weaker party than themselves, and 2. Never to harm an orphan. Word gets around. Also, it's common knowledge that every British person loves his queen. Frederick's love of duty means he's bound to piracy for what amounts to a typo in his contract. Go Ye Heroes, Go and Die : Mabel's attempt at a rousing speech before the policemen set out to fight the pirates is all about how they'll be fondly remembered after the pirates kill them all. As the Sergeant replies, "We observe too great a stress On the risks that on us press And of reference a lack To our chance of coming back." Heartwarming Orphan : Hoorah for the orphan boy! High-Class Glass : The Major-General usually wears one. Honor Before Reason : Frederic's defining trope. Ironically, taught him by the pirates themselves, who never attack orphans or weaker enemies. Last but not least, General Stanley deeply regrets subverting this trope to help himself and his daughters escape the pirates.

It's arguable that deconstructing this trope is one of the play's main themes. "I Am" Song : "I am the very model of a Modern Major General ", "Better Far to Live and Die". Incredibly Lame Pun : "You said often frequently only once!" It makes sense in context, but it's also often the line that pushes the Pirate King to order the Major-General's death. Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain : The pirates are too soft-hearted to be much good at piracy. Informed Flaw : In the first act, Ruth confesses she mistakenly had Frederic apprenticed to a pirate, rather than a pilot, due to being hard of hearing. Her deafness never comes up again in the rest of the play. The Ingenue : Mabel: a young soprano winning the affection of the lead tenor, whose role calls for some terribly soprano-y cadenza runs (which are hilarious). Insane Troll Logic : Major-General Stanley claims the tombs in the ruined chapel on his estate are the tombs of his ancestors, even though he only bought the estate a year ago. He is their "descendant by purchase," you see.

(It is a satire of newly wealthy middle class family buying their way to respectability, something which happened reasonably often in Victorian England but was nevertheless looked down upon.) Irony : The pirates sing "With Catlike Tread" at the top of their lungs. Often while performing a kick line. With an orchestral accompaniment featuring heavily accented chords and cymbal crashes. And frequently rhythmic stomping by the pirates. "With cat-like tread, upon our prey we steal In silence dread, our cautious way we feel No sound at all, we never speak a word A fly's footfall would be distinctly heard!" It's Probably Nothing : After the loud, loud "With Catlike Tread", Major General Stanley comes out to see what the noise was, but concludes that it "must have been the sighing of the breeze." I Will Wait for You : Till 1940, when Frederic's indenture is finally up. Lame Pun Reaction : Drives the Pirate King to order the Major-General's death. Large Ham : The Pirate King, the Major-General, and pretty much the rest of the cast too. Lawful Stupid : Frederic, the eponymous "Slave of Duty". Hell, the entire cast.

The plot runs on it. Leap Day : A major plot point for Frederic. The Pirate King attempts to get him back into the fold by pointing out that his apprenticeship expires on his 21st birthday, not in his 21st year, which wouldn't matter much except that he was born on the 29th of February and so his 21st birthday won't arrive until he's in his eighties. Ruth: Forty-seven year- Frederic: (horrified) Forty-seven year?! Motor Mouth : A requirement for singing the Major General Song . If there's an encore, expect to have to sing it even faster. Opening Chorus : "Pour, O Pour the Pirate Sherry." Patter Song : The Major General's Song is a shining example of the craft. Pirate : Many of the characters, as the title suggests. A Pirate 400 Years Too Late : Well, more like 300 but still... Pirate Girl : Although describing piratical maid-of-all-work Ruth as a 'girl' might be a bit of a stretch. Pirate King : The Pirate King seems to be the kind who commands only a single ship and just uses the title.

The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything : Subverted, sort of—they attempt piratical activities, they're just useless at them, combining being very soft-hearted with being rather dim-witted. Played straight in that they speak oft and loud about how they are rough men (rough!) and lead a rough life (rough, rough!), and how they live by strife, and so on... but every time they do, it's to point out that they'll make an exception just this time. It is eventually revealed that the pirates are members of the peerage gone to the badï¿½which means that they weren't doing anything related to that position either. Is now to hide !" Punch Clock Villain : The focus of the song "When a Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment." Rags to Royalty : When it's revealed that the pirates are all noblemen who have gone wrong, they immediately resume their ranks and legislative duties. Rules Lawyer : The Pirate King holds Frederick to the Exact Words of his apprenticeship contract, which releases him on his twenty-first birthday, not when he's twenty-one years old. Since he was born on Leap Day , that makes things a bit complicated.

Scare Chord : The opening bars of "Oh False One, You Have Deceived Me" are typically played loudly and suddenly as Frederic turns on Ruth. Scoundrel Code : Parodied . The pirates' code entails that they will never hurt an orphan, so all anyone has to do to foil their attacks is claim to be one. Selective Slaughter : The pirates will never hurt an orphan, which leads to the Flaw Exploitation mentioned above. Should Have Thought of That Before X : Sergeant of Police: It is most distressing to us to be the agents whereby our erring fellow-creatures are deprived of that liberty which is so dear to us all— but we should have thought of that before we joined the force. Skeleton Key : In the song, "With Cat-Like Tread", one of the pirates' tools mentioned is their "skeletonic keys." Saying Sound Effects Out Loud : The chorus of policemen sing the trumpet parts: "Tarantara, tarantara..." Suddenly Suitable Suitor : In the final scene, Ruth reveals that all the pirates are "Noblemen who have gone wrong." The Major General is suddenly eager for the buccaneers to marry his daughters, as are the girls themselves.

"With all our faults, we love our House Of Peers!" Gilbert and Sullivan used this trope regularly. Swiper, No Swiping! : The pirates turn themselves in when requested to surrender in the name of Queen Victoria. Talk About the Weather : The chorus indulges in this to give Frederic and Mabel some privacy. Frederic: What? Mabel: Can't you cheer him up? At one point, the Pirate King's speech is so thick with this that he himself has to stop and ponder what he just said. Badass Bystander : In some productions, the pirate king picks a fight with the conductor , and the conductor manages to fight back for a while. Breaking the Fourth Wall : The 1994 Australian production (the one with Jon English and Toni Lamond) is filled to the brim with this, amongst Actor Allusions and Shout Outs aplenty. The revival production a decade later even referenced this — Jon English stops to make sure that a number of gags from the original aren't repeated, with the explanation "they've all seen the DVD anyway".

Calling Me a Logarithm : Depending on the production, this can be the pirates' reaction to Major-General Stanley asking "You're not thespians, are you?". The non-verbal reaction of Jon English, playing the Pirate King in Australian productions, is a comic masterpiece. Evolving Music : It's quite common for renditions of the Major General's song to incorporate new lyrics poking fun of current topical references; in fact it even warrants its own trope . This Summer in Ohio: Seven Full-Scale Productions | Operetta Research Center This Summer in Ohio: Seven Full-Scale Productions Operetta Research Center 22 July, 2014 Next week, the Ohio Light Opera is starting its 36th season – with 7 (in writing: seven!) productions on offer this summer. Considering that more highly subsidized festivals such as the Lehár Festival in Ischl, Austria, only come up with three titles at the most, and Mörbisch offers only one, it is rather amazing to witness such quantity, and variety.

One of the highlights is bound to be the OLO premiere of Kálmán’s Der kleine König (1912), performed as The Little King in a new performance edition and translation by Steven Daigle. The logo of the Ohio Light Opera (OLO). The other new productions are Victor Herbert’s Dream City and the Magic Knight (1906), also in a new Steven Daigle version, the Jerome Kern/P.G. Woodhaouse classic Oh, Lady! Lady!! (1918) which includes the song “Bill,” dropped from the original score, but resurfacing a decade later in Show Boat. Also new to Ohio is a production of Irving Berlin’s Ethel Merman star vehicle Call Me Madam (1950), book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The rest of the repertoire are revivals of successful older productions, among them My Fair Lady (1956), the very model of a model modern operetta, Strauss’ Die Fledermaus (1874), and the annual G&S title, The Pirates of Penzance - The Slave of Duty (1879).

A scene from the revived production of “Pirates” (Photo: Ohio Light Opera) Apart from operetta celebrities such as Yvonne Kálmán, daughter of composer Emmerich, a group of international operetta researchers is expected at the OLO. They are putting on their first ever international operetta symposium entitled “ Taking Light Opera Seriously .” It might sound a little apologetic, but it will offer many interesting speakers from around the world: Kurt Gänzl from New Zealand, Richard C. Norton from New York and Michael Miller from Los Angeles, Stefan Frey from Germany and ORCA’s Kevin Clarke from Amsterdam and many more. The symposium will be held Tuesday 29 July to Friday August 1. Ticket prices range from 25 Dollars per single day to 75 Dollars for all four days. For more information click here . Be sure to stay tuned in, because we will report on the festival events here, once our reporter gets to Ohio. The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert/Sullivan, 1879) | Ovrtur The Pirates of Penzance To use the list feature, please register or login .

Share Top Productions Below is a list of Broadway, London and touring productions in the database. For a complete list, including regional, click here or at the bottom of the Productions box. Click on the title for info on the song. Original score Sorry Her Lot Synopsis Frederic was as a child apprenticed to a band of tenderhearted, orphaned pirates by his nurse who, being hard of hearing, had mistaken her master's instructions to apprentice the boy to a pilot. Frederic, upon completing his 21st year, rejoices that he has fulfilled his indentures and is now free to return to respectable society. But it turns out that he was born on February 29 in leap year, and he remains apprenticed to the pirates until his 21st birthday. By the end of the opera, the pirates, a Major General who knows nothing of military strategy, his large family of beautiful but unwed daugters, and the timid constabulary all contribute to a cacophony that can be silenced only by Queen Victoria's name. Trivia & History No trivia or history. Studio Cast Recordings Recordings listed here were done in the studio specifically to release as recordings. They do not represent cast recordings of a particular production.

"Criminal Minds" The Slave of Duty (2009) "Criminal Minds" The Slave of Duty (2009) Sorry, there was a problem Director: View company contact information for The Slave of Duty on IMDbPro . TV Series: 9 December 2009 (Season 5, Episode 10) Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller See more » Plot: While Agent Hotchner takes a leave of absence from the BAU, the team must regroup to solve a home invasion case. Full summary » | Full synopsis » Plot Keywords: One of the show's most emotional See more (2 total) » Cast associate producer (as Jennifer Ketelsen) casting associate (as Erica Silverman) costume supervisor (as Brooke Thatawat) Crew believed to be complete Production Companies 13th Street (2010) (Germany) (TV) AXN (2010) (Hungary) (TV) Technicolor post-production services (as Technicolor Creative Services) Additional Details 60 min | USA:42 min (excluding commercials) Country: Did You Know?

Trivia: "The Slave of Duty" is the subtitle of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance." Hotch has previously revealed that he and Haley met during a student performance of this operetta; he tells Haley that he joined the pirate chorus in order to meet her. See more » Goofs: Factual errors: While Belle Meade is within Davidson County and, therefore under the jurisdiction of the NMPD, Brentwood is located in neighboring Williamson County. Nashville Metro PD would not conduct an investigation in Williamson County. See more » Quotes: Evidence Tech Gina :I'm so sorry for your loss. Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner :Thank you, Gina. Thank you for coming. David Rossi :[next in receiving line] I think you could use some air. Jack's okay. I saw him with his cousins. Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner :Okay. Jessica, would you make sure that, uh, Jack gets something to eat? Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner :I'll be right back. Thanks. [follows Rossi and the men pass the team sitting in chairs at a table, and go off-screen] Emily Prentiss :[gravely] What do we do?

[...] Still I long for your Kiss See more » FAQ Author: TheLittleSongbird from United Kingdom When it was good or at its best, 'Criminal Minds' is one of my favourites, and although it is frustrating that it became hit and miss from Season 6 onwards with a particularly underwhelming Season 11 its strengths are enough for me to not give up on the show. "Slave of Duty" is not 'Criminal Minds' at its finest, and a small step down from the previous episode "100", which was a shocking, tense and emotionally devastating episode and one of Season 5's highlights. At the same time, it is not even close to being among the show's worst, like "200", "The Black Queen" and the worst of Season 11. Instead it is one of the very good episodes, if just falling short on being great. The emotional impact is what is particularly striking about "Slave of Duty", with it being one of Season 5's and the entire show's most touching and emotional episodes.

The beginning is one of the show's most touching scenes, while the scenes with Jack (portrayed beautifully by a very cute, but never cloyingly cutesy, Cade Owens) are heart-melting and heart-breaking. Love also the scenes between Hotch and Rossi, which show Rossi's wisdom, and the ones between Morgan and Rossi, showing a sympathetic side to Morgan, and the close and supportive bond within the team. Regarding the case/mystery itself, it's not particularly original or inventive but it's never dull, and doesn't play second fiddle to the emotional content and never losing sight of what makes the show so great. And it has tension and suspense with a shocking twist and a standout scene with the foreboding line "Why do you have a key" delivered with such deranged anger and intensity. The unsub is not one of the show's most interesting or immediately memorable, but has enough personality and menace to be a proper threat and the scenes with him and Erika are intensely done. Rena Sofer and Wes Brown do great jobs individually and together.

The episode is as ever stylishly made, hauntingly scored with beautiful use of music at the beginning, sympathetically directed and tautly scripted, shining especially in scenes where the team are bonding and in the scenes with the unsub and Erika. The acting is very good, especially Thomas Gibson, Joe Mantegna and Shemar Moore of the regular team. For all these many great things, there are shortcomings. Strauss continues to be as cold, underdeveloped and manipulative as ever, and one really doesn't buy her abruptly backing Hotch when she spent all her screen time in previous episodes wanting him out for reasons never made clear. The scene with Jessica also seemed a bit glossed over, while it could have been open to interpretation and Jessica may have been unsure what to make of how she felt it could have been a little ambiguous as to whether she was completely on Hotch's side or blamed or resented him. Overall, solid episode and a very emotional one. 8/10 Bethany Cox Was the above review useful to you?

Pirates 2013 Synopsis SYNOPSIS Those members of the audience who are Gilbert & Sullivan fans are sure to know this comical story well as it is one of the most popular of the G & S Operettas. For those who are unfamiliar with the story, it begins by Frederic and the Pirates celebrating Frederic�s 21st birthday which means that he can be released from his indentures. The only woman Frederic knows is Ruth who was his nursemaid and she accidentally signed him over to the pirates some years ago. He believes her to be beautiful until he meets the Major-General�s daughters and falls in love with one of them � Mabel. The Pirates themselves are ineffectual in that they are all orphans and every time they capture someone who is also an orphan they allow them to go free! Matters are further complicated when Frederic discovers that as he was born on 29th February in Leap Year, he is in fact �a little boy of five�! So....does Frederic dutifully remain with the pirates to fulfil his promise to them? After all, the alternative title to this operetta is �The Slave of Duty�. Does Mabel wait for him and does he get to marry her?

What happens when the Police and their Sergeant arrive? How does the Major-General feel after �telling a terrible story�? Why do all the Major-General�s daughters appear in their nightgowns? What happens to poor Ruth? For answers to all these questions, climb aboard and enjoy the voyage with THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE!!!

Question: The Slave of Duty is alternate title what G&S operetta?
Answer: Pirates of Penzance